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On the basis of a search warrant, Jupiter police surreptitiously installed video cameras in the Orchids of Asia Day Spa. Those cameras captured over 100 hours of video of Kraft and several other men allegedly engaging in commercial sex in the back room of the spa.

After they left the business, Kraft and other customers were stopped by police under the pretext of a traffic violation. They ultimately faced misdemeanor prostitution charges.

In his 10-page order, Palm Beach County Judge Leonard Hanser stated that customers of the spa — particularly men and women who ended up on surveillance video while receiving non-sexual, therapeutic massages at Orchids of Asia — had an expectation of privacy, especially in the massage rooms. In their request for a search warrant, detectives didn’t consider the need to safeguard the rights of spa clients receiving “lawful services” at Orchids of Asia.

As a result, Hanser wrote, all evidence gathered from the search warrant was barred from being introduced at trial.

Contacted by the Miami Herald, Kraft attorneys Alex Spiro and William Burck said they had no comment.

Following the order, the attorneys filed a motion to extend an already existing protective order that prohibits the video from being released to the public.

In a separate trial, spa operator Hua Zhang and therapist Lei Wang are facing felony charges as a result of the investigation into a prostitution ring spanning two counties.

The Palm Beach State Attorney’s Office said in early April that the video was a public record subject to release unless a court said otherwise.

If granted, Monday’s motion would mean the videos would permanently be sealed.